Hawks spokesperson, Katlego Mogale said the team acted on information received which was operationalised on a container at the harbour.
A total of 999 bricks of cocaine weighing 1000kgs with a street value of R 500 million were seized. Picture: SUPPLIED
The balance of the goods in the container were established to be truck cabs destined for the consignee ."No arrests have been made at this stage and investigations are continuing. Mogale said during the seizure of the said consignment, four suspects were arrested including three police officials. Investigations have revealed that the origin of all of these consignments is the Port of Santos in Brazil.
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